Jeezy reveals how Tupac impacted his childhood & guided him through street life
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Jeezy reflected on his childhood days in a recent interview. He said that Tupac’s music taught him to, ‘survive and navigate through the streets.’
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Jeezy opens up about his childhood years
Jeezy recently sat down for an interview with Drink Champa. During the exchange, he talked about how instrumental Tupac was in his formative years.
He said, ‘Every morning before school, I listened to all Master P, 8Ball, and MJG, but my favorite was Tupac.’
Moreover, the 45-year-old singer recalled, ‘It still is to this day because he stood for something. He had values, he had morals, and he had integrity, but I had never seen that before. ‘Cause my uncles would steal $20 out ya socks.’
He added, ‘I couldn’t get any information out of them. So, how I learned how to survive and navigate through the streets.’
Besides that, Jeezy continued, ‘I want to say that because these guys that are coming up, 90 percent of it, well, 10 percent of it is music, 90 percent of it surviving. It’s survival, and navigating what’s going on.’
Jeezy calls Tupac’s music his ‘Bible’
During the interview, Jeezy went on to share how listening to Tupac’s songs influenced his life.
He revealed, ‘I listened to Tupac as if that was my Bible. How to move, how to handle situations, and was embedded in me. He was a revolutionary before I knew what that was. He actually had—he stood for something.’
The father of four mentioned, ‘He would take those risks when everybody around me was so used to how they were livin’ that they didn’t want to try to live any better.’
He claimed, ‘My Bible, at that time, no disrespect to the big homie [Biggie], was every Tupac album.’
The Snowman noted that Tupac’s music became a part of his routine as he would listen to his songs every morning while going to school.
Jeezy stated that his routine changed when he had to drop out of his school to support his family while he was in the sixth grade.
He added, ‘But, I did that knowing that Tupac did what he had to do.’
Meanwhile, Jeezy also spoke about his falling out with his former manager and Quality Control co-founder Kevin ‘Coach K’ Lee back in 2007.
He simply noted, ‘When money is at play and there’s not the right type of communication, the lines seem to get blurred.’
